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10-06-2011, 10:04 AM
From DNAinfo.com (http://www.dnainfo.com/20111006/upper-east-side/real-estate-brokers-brace-for-upper-east-side-school-rezoning) by Julie Shapiro:
For real estate brokers working in the Upper East Side, the catchment areas for prestigious elementary schools P.S. 6 and P.S. 290 are seared into their memories.
So when the Department of Education recently announced proposed changes to the neighborhood's school zones, brokers braced for upheaval.
While P.S. 6's posh boundaries would be untouched under the DOE's proposal, P.S. 290 would lose roughly nine square blocks. P.S. 290 had a waitlist of 64 kids for the current year — even after last year's rezoning to tackle some of the overcrowding problems.
The neighborhood is facing another rezoning as the Department of Education prepares to open a new elementary school next year at the former Our Lady of Good Counsel building at 393 East 91st St. Changes would be also be made to P.S. 151 and P.S. 158's boundaries.
The Department of Education will make a presentation on the proposed changes at a Thursday hearing hosted at 6:30 p.m. by District 2's Community Education Council at P.S. 158 at 1458 York Ave.
The changes will likely cause anxiety among families who have recently moved or are looking to move to the area, brokers said.
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For real estate brokers working in the Upper East Side, the catchment areas for prestigious elementary schools P.S. 6 and P.S. 290 are seared into their memories.
So when the Department of Education recently announced proposed changes to the neighborhood's school zones, brokers braced for upheaval.
While P.S. 6's posh boundaries would be untouched under the DOE's proposal, P.S. 290 would lose roughly nine square blocks. P.S. 290 had a waitlist of 64 kids for the current year — even after last year's rezoning to tackle some of the overcrowding problems.
The neighborhood is facing another rezoning as the Department of Education prepares to open a new elementary school next year at the former Our Lady of Good Counsel building at 393 East 91st St. Changes would be also be made to P.S. 151 and P.S. 158's boundaries.
The Department of Education will make a presentation on the proposed changes at a Thursday hearing hosted at 6:30 p.m. by District 2's Community Education Council at P.S. 158 at 1458 York Ave.
The changes will likely cause anxiety among families who have recently moved or are looking to move to the area, brokers said.
read more>> (http://www.dnainfo.com/20111006/upper-east-side/real-estate-brokers-brace-for-upper-east-side-school-rezoning)